Development of Advanced Solid-State Batteries Fabricated using Industrially Scalable Thick Film Technology

在这个项目中，我们将开发新的，强大的和可扩展的3D固态电池设计，利用新的流延，丝网印刷和狭缝染料厚膜沉积设施安装作为罗伊斯探索中心的一部分。该项目与英国领先的电池组件制造商之一约翰逊万丰公司合作，该公司将提供原材料，项目咨询和监督（JM电池部门），并获得表征设备（包括最先进的EPMA和TEM，在低元素浓度（<1%）下提供高空间分辨率的化学分析）。该项目还将使用TUoS新的微型计算机断层扫描设备（EP/T006390/1，120万英镑），在微米到纳米级上进行3D化学分级。识别电池的3D化学成分/结构随充电/放电的变化将用于设计/优化离子流/能量存储，同时减小电池尺寸并提高设备强度/热应力弹性。

In this project, we will develop novel, robust and scalable 3D solid-state battery designs by exploiting new tapecasting, screen printing and slot-dye thick film deposition facilities installed as part of the Royce Discovery Centre. The project is in collaboration with Johnson Matthey, one of the UK's leading Battery component manufacturers, who will supply raw materials, project advice and supervision (JM battery division), and access to characterisation equipment (including state-of-the-art EPMA and TEM, which give high spatial resolution chemical analysis at low element concentrations (<1%)). This project will also use the new Micro-computed Tomography facility at TUoS (EP/T006390/1, £1.2m) to characterise 3D chemical gradation at the micro-to-nano level. Identification of changes in the 3D chemical composition/structure of the batteries as a function of charging/discharging will be used to design/optimise the ion flow/energy storage, whilst reducing battery size and improving device strength/thermal stress resilience.